vverb.emotionheighten or intensifySynset:enliven exalt inspire invigorate
Examples:- These paintings exalt the imagination
Derivationally Related Form:invigorationexaltation
Hypernyms:excite shake shake up stimulate stir
Inherited Hypernyms:inspirestimulatearousemake
Direct Hyponyms:encourage
Full Troponyms:bring outcheercheerleaddraw outencouragefosterhollopatronizeservespurtake heart
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: inspire)
vverb.changegive lifelike qualities toSynset:animise animize
Derivationally Related Form:animator
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:animizechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.changemake livelySynset:enliven invigorate liven liven up
Examples:- let's liven up this room a bit
Antonyms:deaden
Derivationally Related Form:enliveneranimatorinvigoration
Hypernyms:arouse brace energise energize perk up stimulate
Inherited Hypernyms:enlivenstimulateaffectchange
Direct Hyponyms:ginger upinspiritjazz upjuice uppep upspiritspirit up
Full Troponyms:jazz upspirit
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: invigorate, liven up)
vverb.bodygive new life or energy toSynset:quicken reanimate recreate renovate repair revive revivify vivify
Examples:- A hot soup will revive me
- This will renovate my spirits
- This treatment repaired my health
Derivationally Related Form:revivificationquickenervivificationrecreation
Hypernyms:arouse brace energise energize perk up stimulate
Inherited Hypernyms:animatestimulateaffectchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
adjadj.allbelonging to the class of nouns that denote living beingsTopic:linguistics
Examples:- the word 'dog' is animate
Antonyms:inanimate
Inherited Hypernyms:animate
adjadj.allendowed with animal life as distinguished from plant lifeAttributes:aliveness animateness liveness
Antonyms:inanimate
Derivationally Related Form:animateness
Inherited Hypernyms:animate
adjadj.allendowed with feeling and unstructured consciousnessAttributes:sentience
Synset:sentient
Examples:- the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage - T.E.Lawrence
Antonyms:insentient
Derivationally Related Form:sentienceanimateness
Inherited Hypernyms:sentient
Similar to:sensate